Compliance & Regulation

Through the end of June 2012, the DRE suspended, surrendered and revoked a record 1,109 real estate licenses for the fiscal year within the Golden State.

The FHA has embarked on a desperate attempt to raise capital through settlements with major banks, sales of severely delinquent loans and higher insurance premiums on new borrowers.

Two California business partners were sentenced last week to serve prison terms for operating a mortgage fraud scheme in 2006 to 2007.

Yes, the Wisconsin Republican opposed Dodd-Frank and supports the limited government that many bankers crave. But he'll also help harden the views of an electorate that's already leaning Obama's way.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sued banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over $388 million in securities sold to Colonial Bank.

Consumer advocates and financial services industry officials clashed Thursday over whether banks and insurers are getting paid fairly in the force-placed insurance market.

Lenders of all sizes are looking into becoming servicers, bringing us full circle back to the days when virtually every lender serviced their own loans.

It’s (almost) late summer and what better time to throw out a ‘loose ends’ blog on several story leads, ideas, and thoughts that have been knocking around my head (and inbox) of late.

In July workouts outnumbered new delinquencies among securitized commercial property loans of all types leading to a 14 basis point decrease in the CMBS delinquency index, according to Fitch Ratings.

Liberal groups on Thursday ratcheted up their pressure on the Obama Administration to respond more forcefully to the foreclosure crisi